diff --git a/examples/widgets/doc/dropsite.qdoc b/examples/widgets/doc/dropsite.qdoc
index 7825c141c28..89d4e93c089 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/doc/dropsite.qdoc
+++ b/examples/widgets/doc/dropsite.qdoc
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
     and Qt::AlignLeft.
 
     A QString object, \c text, is customized to display data according to the
-    contents of \c format. We invoke {QString}'s \l{QString::simplified()}
+    contents of \c format. We invoke \l{QString}'s \l{QString::simplified()}
     {simplified()} function on \c text, to obtain a string that has no
     additional space before, after or in between words.